Muted Finale'
Fri Nov 16, 2007 3:14 am
Night Owls pose after Dallas HOB show during wild hang out time... (walking around the club talking)
Closure
Hard to define how productive a tour is... err, was... until you get away from it. I'm away now and I'm starting to get a handle on it as i scroll through myspace messages. I'll spare u the actual wordage but many that caught my interest were from Mute Math fans who had never heard the band before and loved the music... bought the albums. Now I know who was buying up all our cd's; even in Texas, where Eisley fans already have them; I knew it had to be other-than-fans. hmmm....
Greg said their tour w/ Mae was the most productive in terms of reaching music fans - since Mae has built things from the ground up... w/ no radio or big media help. But touring w/ huge bands like the Fray might not be so productive as it is amazing for getting big exposure. Productive = gain fans. Radio fans won't necessarily become fans of your band as an opener for a gi-normous radio band. Eisley had 100's each night come to sign at their booth at the amphitheatres but... where are they? Have you seen them on this forum? Not saying they're not... I don't actually know. Would love to hear from you if you're hanging out.
Greg's theory might be true - only MM now has those very radio fans themselves... being in top 40 rotation at rock stations all over America... and major TV broadcast from MTV... and every late night program. woot. Still, they're a word of mouth band if you ask me. News of their live show spreads. So i believe this tour will go down in history as being very productive for Eisley.
We'll see if many Mute Math fans join Laughing City. I might be wrong.
In any case, aside from productivity, the tour has been the best ever; and I mean that wholeheartedly... it's not just a figure of speech. Again, no bad guys in either band or crew. All good guys/gals. Everyone are friends. I just want to publicly (is this public), on behalf of Eisley and crew and team and family... Thank You, Mute Math. It was a great run.
What's Next?
You think I'm going to go there on this post?! No way. here are final pics from the tour... from the last few shows in Texas. Thanks everyone - for coming and supporting Eisley. You guys always freak me out... coming over and over again to see the band. Thank You. I said that.
Dallas.
Lights. humans. sound. stage.
Photo of Stacy. That's what this is.
Dark. contrasty. saturated.
Blue lights. Dan is awesome.
I tried to document the lights for Dan - MM's LD. perdy huh.
Pink is for Power Puff. E is for Eisley. Is there a color named "Eiek"? There is now.
Rare shot of Weston on this tour.
I think these shots are cute. I don't say the word cute.
Cute is what they aimed for. Sean and Scott of Mute Math.
Weston expresses himself to every fan... wanting to give them something personal, memorable... something goonic of himself.
The post show Olympics were held in our dressing room. I have tons of these shots but can't afford the time to post them. Everyone (guys only) were wrestling.
Hanging out after the gig.
Christie made up "Gimmie the Beaks boys to free my soul"... and sang it w/ arms outstretched to both owls. She made it up and I was proud.
The beginning of the end. 2 shows left.
I'm not supporting the restaurant. I'm just interested in juxtapositions... plus I wanted to do
some long exposures that this was good subject matter.
Hanging with friends from T-town/Dallas.
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Houston - Warehouse Live
Sound checks make Sherri so-so sleepy.
First time to play Warehouse Live. Nice. It's good... like people said. And the club peeps are friendly too.
Fun to shoot these guys while on stage.
Wanna know the story behind this picture? Look below:
Like a film strip - you can see the progression of thought. Darren did this with a sprained ankle. But whoever thought of crowd surfing on a kick drum?
Darren grabbed a mic stand and swung it base first... at his drum. I heard he caved it in terribly but never saw it.
You can see the destructive force of Darren's hi-hats cracking their florescent lights at the end of their set. You can't see much of his mighty hi-hats, however. I see his hat lying around sometimes. Do you think he looks a bit like Paul Newman? (Cool Hand Luke era. just a tad.)
Scott - MM's TM poses for the camera... face first.
This comes as close to a group shot of the touring party...
Kim got us closer by making me get in the shot.
TM's don't ever get along. Headlining TM's are always chewing on the opener's TM. I won't site examples from previous tours. Scott is cool though. Solid good times for all... just as it should be.
Izzie-pop (Israel) gets a bus ride to T-town.
Parting shot as our bus was getting ready to pull away. Dan Schultz... helped us w/ lighting the entire tour.
I won't leave u guys alone. Have to keep things moving during our time off. You know the drill. You know the way i roll. Stay tuned. bd
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